WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 749

	strnments of writing made and executed by him shall be as good and binding in law as if he were a
	man of fall age.
	SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall	Effective.
	take effect from the date of its passage.
	Approved April 10, 1880.

	CHAPTER 477.
	AN ACT to repeal section twenty-five of article
	twenty-eight of the Code of Public General Laws,
	title "County Commissioners," sub-title "Public
	Roads," and to amend and re-enact the same.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
	bly of Maryland, That section twenty-five of article twenty-eight of the Code of Public General Laws,	Repealed and re-enacted.
	title "County Commissioners," sub-title "Public
	Roads," be and the same is hereby repealed, amend-
	ed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :
	SEC. 25. And le it enacted. That the signing any
	petitions presented to the county commissioners for
	opening, altering, or closing a public road, shall not
	make any petitioner liable for the payment of any
	part of the damages adjudged by the county com-
	missioners; but the county commissioners may, in
	their discretion, give judgment against the petition-
	ers for the costs incurred by any person defending	Not liable for
	against the claim of the petitioners, when the case	payment.
	shall be decided in favor of such defendant ; and the
	petitioners as aforesaid shall at all times be held
	responsible for and shall pay to the several persons
	entitled to receive the same, all the costs and ex-
	penses of every kind incurred by and through any
	proceedings held and taken in accordance with the
	provisions of this article in relation to public roads,
	whenever the county commissioners shall refuse to
	order the opening, altering, or closing of the road as
	petitioned for.